<div id="content-wrap">
    <div id="first-sidebar">
        <div class="widget">
            <h2>Site Navigation</h2>
            <?php wp_nav_menu(array('menu' => 'Categories Menu', 'container' => '')); ?>            
        </div>

        <div class="widget">
            <h2>RSS Feeds</h2>
            <?php
            if (function_exists('fetch_feed')) {
                include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/feed.php');
                $feed = fetch_feed('http://www.izwebz.com/feed');
                $limit = $feed->get_item_quantity(2);
                $items = $feed->get_items(0, $limit);
                if (!$items)
                    echo "The feed is not available";
                else
                    foreach ($items as $item) {
                        ?>
            <p class="date"><?php echo $item->get_date('F j,Y');?></p>
            <h4><a href="<?php echo $item->get_permalink();?>"><?php echo $item->get_title();?></a></h4>      
            <p><?php echo substr($item->get_description() ,0,250);?></p>
                        <?php
                    }
            }
            ?>            
            
        </div>


        <?php if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('Left Sidebar')) : else : ?>


        <?php endif; ?>
    </div><!-- end first-sidebar -->